Fertilizer-distributer for planters.



' D. A. BIEBINGER.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTBR FOR PLANTERS.

APPLIOYATION FILED MAY 23, 1910.

1,057,920, Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Q-Vi tn c was To all whom it may concern STATES OFFICE.

DAVID A. BIEBINGEB', OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB Tog AVERYCOMPANY, A

' CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTED, FOR PLANTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed ma 23, 1910. Serial No. 562,879.

. Be it known that I, DAVID A. BIEBING'ER, citizen of the United States,residing at La Crosse, in the county of'La Crosse and State 3 ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFertilizer-Distributersfor Planters, of which the following is.aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates more par ticularly to fertilizerdistributing mechanism employed in connection with planting apparatus,and the primary objectis to prov1de novel mechanism of a simple andeffective character that can be employed with any well known type ofplanter, and can be readily mounted directly on the same.

One embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanyingdrawings, wli erein:- V f i elisape ectiveviewo a plan i-f showing thefi i tilizer distributing mechanism in place. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view on an enlarged scale, through one of the magazines orfertilizer holders, showing the agitating mechanism.

- The view is taken along the line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a $3178.11 sectional.view on the line 44 of 1g. 2. Similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, a planter of a well known type isillustrated and needs no particular dwcription. Suflice it to state thatit consists generally of a frame 5 mounted on supporting wheels 6 thatalso constitute drivers, said frame having secured thereto the usualseed boxes 7 and planting mechanism 8. I

A cross bar 9, preferably of angle iron, is suitably mounted on theframe 5, in rear of the planting mechanism, and secured thereto are two'magazines-10 for holding the fertilizer, said magazines having hopperbottoms 11 that are provided with delivery spouts 12; These spouts entersuitable conlducting tubes 13 leading to boxes 14 that are gsecured tothe planting mechanism and exftend in rear of the same.

A bracket 15 is fixed upon the supporting :bar 9, and journaled in saidbracket and .in ithe magazines 10 are two shafts, designatedirespectively 16 and 17. The lower shaft 16 .has fixed thereto, asprocket wheel 18, iaround which passes a sprocket chain 19 that alsopasses around a sprocket wheel 20 carried by the axle of the planter. Itwill fthus be evident that when the planter is in }motion, the shaft 16will be revolved. A isuitable tightener 21 is preferably employed @forthe sprocket chain 19. Mounted on the Zend portions of the shaft 16,within the hopiper bottoms of the. magazines are hubs 22 icarryingradially disposed arms 23 and 24. }The arms 23 have short transverseterminal istirring blades 25, while the arms 24 are iprovided. withlonger transverse terminal -blades 26 that are oppositely disposed and@extend in opposite directions longitudinally ;of the shaft 16. Theseblades 26 have congvexed outer edges, and each furthermore has at oneend a straight edge and termiinates at the other end in a point. Securedto the end portions of the shaft 117, within the magazines, are hubs 27,each of which is provided with a central radially disposed arm 28terminating in a concaved ;-blade 29 that operates over the blades 26 ina non-intersecting path therewith. The ;hub 27 is furthermore providedwith terzjmin'al divergently disposed arms 30, the free ends of whichcarry stirring blades 31 that .are disposed at right angles to the arms30 land are thus convergently arranged.

An intermittent movement is given to the shaft 17, and to this end, saidshaft is pro- .vided with a ratchet wheel 32, disposed ad the bracket15. is a lever 33, the free end of I which is in the form of a yoke 34that em braces an eccentric 35 mounted on the shaft 17. A dog 36,pivoted on the lever, operates upon the teeth of the ratchet wheel 32,and is held in coaction therewith by'a spring 37. In order to preventthe retrograde rotation of the ratchet wheel 32, and conse quently ofthe shaft 17, a dog 38 is pivoted upon an upstanding arm 39 of thebracket 15, and rests against the teeth of said ratchet wheel.

The operation of the mechanism is substantially as follows: When theplanter is in operation, as already explained, the shaft 16 will becontinuously rotated, and the agitator arms and blades carried thereby,will as a consequence, rotate in the lower portion of the magazines. Thefertilizer will consequently be maintained in loosened condition, anddelivered through the spouts 12 into and through the tubes 13. Theamount delivered can be easily regulated by means of the slides 40,which extend across I the bottoms of the magazines, in order that thedelivery openings can be made as small as desired. As the shaft 16rotates, the lever 33 will of course be oscillated, and the do 36operating on the ratchet wheel, will e ect a step-by-step rotation ofsaid ratchet wheel, and consequently of the shaft 17. This will effect aslow rotation of the arms 28 and 30 with their blades, and therefore thebody of the fertilizer in the magazines will be kept loosened, and willgradually gravitat-e into the bottoms of said magazines insuring aproper feeding of the materia From the foregoing, it is thought that theconstruction, operation and many advantages of the herein describedinvention will be a parent to those skilled in the art, without furtherdescription, and it will be understood that various changes in the size,shape, proportion and minor details of const'ruction may be resorted towithout departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages 0the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is':-- v

1. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination with a magazine which iscircular in horizontal cross section and which is provided with a bottomdischarge opening, of a feeding device mounted above the dischargeopening and provided with stirring arms having blades with their outeredges in the form of arcs struck about the axis of the magazine as--acenter.

2. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of two fertilizerholding magazines each provided with a discharge 0 ening, a transverseshaft extending into th magazines, two feeding devices on the shaft eachlocated withm one of the magazines adjacent the discharge opening, asecond transverse shaft parallel to the first and extending into bothmagazines, stirring devices on thesecond shaft, one located within eachmagazine, means for continuously rotatingthe first shaft, and means fortransmittin motion from the first shaft to the secon to cause the latterto rotate intermittently at a relatively slow speed.

3. In a fertilizer distributer, the combina tion of a magazine, twoparallel rotatable shafts in the'magazine, an agitating device on oneshaft provided with radial arms all in the same plane, and a secondagitating device on the other shaft having an arm in the same plane withthe arms on the first agitating device, the outer circles of rotation ofthe said arms of the two agitating devices being approximately tangent,

the said second agitating device also having other arms in planesparallel to the said plane and at each side thereof, the last said armsextending radially outward farther than the first said arm of the secondagitating device.

4. In a fertilizer distributer, the combina tion with a magazine, of arotary agitating mechanism operating therein and comprising a shaft, ahub mounted on the shaft, a radial arm carried by the shaft and having aterminal agitating blade, and other divergent arms carried by the huband having terminal blades that are convergently disposed.

5. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination with a magazine having abottom delivery opening, of a lower shaft journaled in the magazine,radial arms carried by the shaft, transversely disposed blades formed onthe ends of the arms and-having convexed edges, an upper shaft journaledin the magazine, and an arm carried by said shaft and having a concavedterminal blade that operates over the first mentioned blades, saidlatter shaft also having divergently disposed arms and terminal bladescarried by the ends thereof.

6. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of two fertilizerholding magazines each provided with a discharge opening, a transverseshaft extending into both magazines, two feeding devices on the shafteach located within one of the magazines ad acent the discharge openingthereof, a second transverse shaft parallel to the and extending intoboth magazines, stlrrmg devices on the second shaft, one located in eachmagazine and arranged to c crate with the corresponding feeding evice,means for actuatin one of the said shafts, and a connection ietween thetwo shafts whereby power can be transmitted from one of them to drivethe other.

7. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination of two fertilizerholding magazines each provided with a discharge opening, a

transverse shaft extending into both magapower means for simultaneouslydriving 10 zines, two feeding devices on the shaft each the two shafts.

located within one of the magazines adja- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signacent the discharge opening thereof, a secture, in presence oftwo witnesses.

0nd transverse shaft parallel to the first and extending'into bothmagazines, stirring DAVID BIEBINGER' devices on the second shaft, onelocated in Witnesses: each magazine and arranged to cooperate Mrs. D.BmBINGER,

with the corresiionding feeding device, and L. J. KILIAN.

